Non-refillable bottle.



NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEFFERSON D. HARRISS, OF TRAVILAH, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO ERNEST H. DARBY, OF SENECA, MARYLAND, AND ONE-THIRD TO HATTAN A. WATERS AND CHARLES F. HOGAN, OF TRAVILAH, MARYLAND.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. e, 1907.

Application led July 24, 1906. Serial No. 327,558.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JEFFERSON D. HARRIss, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Travilah, in the county of Montgomery and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Rellable Bottles; and do declare the following to be a full,`clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,'and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and has for its object to provide a bottle valve arrangement `which after being inserted in the neck of the bottle will not allow the bottle to be relled, but at the same time provides for easily and quickly emptying the original contents from the bottles.

With this object in view my invention consists in the novel construction of a bottle valve, and my invention also consists in certain other novel details of construction and in combinations of parts all of which will be Erst fully described and afterwards specifically 4pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the upper portion and neck of the bottle showing the bottle valve and parts in section. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing bottle in position of emptying contents. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the valve guard and valve. Fig. 4 is a top plan of valve showing same in closed position, and Fig. 5 is a similar view showing valve in open position.

Like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several figures in which:

1 indicates a bottle which, as shown in Fig. 1, is provided with a tapering neck 2, a shoulder 3 being provided in the neck while the mouth 4 is slightly flared or tapered as shown. v

Referring now particularly to Fig. 3, 5 indicates the valve guard which comprises a disk 6 and a tapered barrel 7, said guard is preferably constructed of glass but it is obvious that the same can be made ofany suitable material. Extending the entire length of the barrel 7, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, are a series of slots 3.

9 indicates the valve which is preferably constructed oi soft rubber and tapered as shown, the valve being so formed that the upper end 10 thereof is flattened and a slit 11 formed therein, as shown in Fig. 3, said slit 1l extending a short distance down the side of the valve to a point 12 as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The valve 9 being of soft' rubber the same is secured to the barrel 7 of the guard by turning the lower portion 13 of the valve outwardly and over the lower edge of the barrel 7, it of course being understood that the valve 9 is inserted within the barrel 7, as clearly shown in the several figures.

Referring to Fig. 1 it will be seen that a cork 14 is provided above the disk 6 of the guard. This may be any ordinary cork its purpose being simply to securely close the mouth of the bottle.

Having thus fully described the several parts of my invention its Operation is as follows: In order to assemble the parts the valve 9 is inserted within the barrel 7 of the guard 5 and the lower portion 13 of said valve is turned up and over the lower edge of the barrel 7 of the guard, the guard and valve being so secured together, the whole is inserted in the neck of the bottle and as the barrel 7 is tapered in conformity to the taper of the neck 2, said barrel 7 seats itself, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In so doing, however, the lower portion 13 of the valve 9 is jammed between the barrel 7 and the neck of the bottle,as shown at 15 in Fig. 1, thus securely holding the valve in its desired position and at the same time acting as a resilient closure to prevent the contents of the bottle from passing around the outside of the valve 9 and barrel 7. The taper of the barrel and neck is of such a degree that a' space is left between the edge of the disk 6 and the shoulder 3` of the neck of the bottle. It is of course understood that the valve and guard are inserted as just described after the bottle has been filled. When the valve and guardare in their seated position a suitable stopper 14 is inserted in the mouth of the bottle in order to securely close the bottle and render the same air-tight. In order to empty the bottle the cork 14 must be withdrawn in the usual manner. However, the disk 6 being preferably of glass and not presenting a sufiicient purchase for the insertion of a tool to dislocate the guard and valve from the bottle neck it is quite impossible to remove the guard and valve after the same has once become firmly seated, as any strain or pull on the disk 6 suiiicient to dislodge the guard and valve from the bottle neck would result in fracturing the said disk 6 thereby making it instantly apparent that the bottle had been tampered with. The cork having been withdrawn it is simply necessary to turn the bottle into position shown in Fig. 2, because to empty the contents thereof the pressure of the liquid fon the interior of the valve 9 expands the slit l1 in the end 10 of the valve 9 as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, thus allowing the liquid to freely passlthrough said slit. The liquid after passing through the slit l1 in the valve falls upon the inside of the barrel 7 of the guard 5 and as said barrel 7 is provided with longitudinal slots 8, as shown, the liquid passes freely through said slots and passes between the shoulder 3 in the bottle neck and Having thus fully described my invention What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

In a device of the character described, the combination of a bottle having a tapered neck, a valve guard compris` ing a disk and a tapered barrel, said barrel conforming to the said taper in the bottle neck, said barrel being pro- 15 vided with longitudinal slots extending from the bottom edge thereof to the said disk, a valve Within the said barrel, said valve being resilient and tlexible and having the lower portion thereof turned over the outside of tlie lower portion of the said barrel, said Valve vbeing provided with 20 a slit at its upper end, said slit being normally closed and disposed directly under the said disk of the valve guard, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses. 1

JEFFERSON D. HARRISS.

Witnesses: i

GnonGn M. HUNTER, Hon'rnNsn D. HUNTER. 

